also they cannot be found in keyboards, if you need to write CSV by hand
So for example at a Python prompt:
>>> ord('^^') # typed ctrl-v ctrl-^ here
30
(the low unprintable ascii codes correspond to certain ctrl combinations because ctrl-x is just the ascii code of x with the high bits masked off (i.e. & 0x1f) )[1] custimizable in your terminal settings, see stty lnext ("literal next")